Olin Park, Alton

Location: 1200 Grand Ave., Alton, IL 62002

Website: https://www.riversandroutes.com/directory/olin-park/

Playground Ground Cover: Mulch

This is an older playground but you can tell it's well maintained. There is street parking but I didn't see any restrooms. There is a walking trail and some cool older concrete climbing things next to the playground.  

There are 4 sling swings and 2 baby swings.

The play structure has maze boards, a rock wall, a bridge, some slides, a tic tac toe board, and lots of bars and poles. 

Looks like this is an old spray pole that isn't functioning anymore.

Cornerstone Playground at O'Fallon Park, St. Louis City

 

Location: 799 E. Taylor Ave., St. Louis, MO 63147

Website: https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/parks/parks/browse-parks/view-park.cfm?parkID=68&parkName=O%27Fallon%20Park

Playground Ground Cover: Rubber mats

The park is named after John O'Fallon, a colonel who fought in the War of 1812 and nephew of William Clark. The park is 126.63 acres and has a lake with a boathouse The lake is stocked with catfish and sunfish. Amenities include basketball courts, tennis courts, softball fields, and a football field. It has a playground, multiple picnic grounds, and a spray pool. The playground is an Unlimited Play Playground which is inclusive for everyone. The playground includes ramps, a rolley slide, saucer swings, boulders, musical instruments, a spinning chair, a rock wall, ADA swings, and various bars and poles. It features an outer space theme that includes a rocket ship, airplane, rubber tile safety surfacing, swings, net climber and is an "out of this world experience".  Also located in the park is a YMCA with both indoor and outdoor pools. There is also exercise equipment along the walking paths.  

The splash pad is a small square with pop jets next to the playground, and there is some shade.

These pop jets are near the boathouse. 

Photo credit to Mark Groth at the city website, and Cunningham Recreation. 

Ohlendorf West, Valley Park

Location: 1150 Hanna Road, St. Louis, MO 63021

Amenities: playground, basketball court, fitness trail

Website: https://stlouiscountymo.gov/st-louis-county-departments/parks/places/ohlendorf-west-park/

Playground ground cover: Poured rubber

A new playground was installed at Ohlendorf West Park in the Fall of 2013. There's a swing set with 2 sling swings, a baby swing, and an adaptive swing, plus a saucer swing on a separate swing frame. There's a climbing rope wall and rock to climb in the center. Lastly, there's a couple of spinner seats. There is a gaga pit and a porta-potty as well as a trail to walk.